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Fenians Johnstown GAA

Gaelic games club in County Kilkenny, Ireland

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|}} The Fenians' Hurling Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.

History

Located in the village of Johnstown, close to the Kilkenny–Tipperary border, the Fenians' Hurling Club was founded on 16 March 1968. The new club was an amalgamation of St Finbarr's (Johnstown) and St Kieran's, two competing clubs in the same parish who had previously coalesced at under-21 level.

Success was immediate for the new club, with Fenians claiming the Kilkenny JHC title in 1968, after a 5–08 to 3–04 win over Glenmore in the final. This win also secured senior status. Fenians immediately became a new force in the Kilkenny SHC. The club won five Kilkenny SHC titles, including three-in-a-row, from nine final appearances between 1969 and 1981. Fenians also became the first Kilkenny winners of the Leinster Club SHC title, before defeat by St Finbarr's of Cork in the 1975 All-Ireland Club SHC final.

A very first Kilkenny MAHC title, won in 1988, formed the nucleus for a new senior team over the course of the following decade. Fenians contested further Kilkenny SHC finals in 1993, 1995 and 1998, but faced defeat on each occasion.

Honours

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1974
Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (5): 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1968
Kilkenny Minor A Hurling Championship (1): 1988

Notable players

J.J. Delaney: All-Ireland SHC–winner (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Pat Delaney: All-Ireland SHC–winner (1969, 1972, 1974, 1975)
Pat Henderson: All-Ireland SHC–winner (1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975)

References

"Remembering The Fenians - County Senior Hurling Champions of 1970". Kilkenny GAA website.
(16 May 2024). "The Fenians - the real story". Kilkenny Live.
(3 September 2010). "Facing old rivals on the front line". Irish Examiner.
"Remembering The Fenians - Treble County Senior Hurling Champions". Kilkenny GAA website.
(6 November 2023). "Three-in-a-row club hurling legends honoured at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny". Kilkenny Live.
(24 September 2022). "Barrs marching on the double just the tonic for iconic former captain Bertie O'Brien". Irish Examiner.
"Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand.
(2 November 1998). "Graigue take Cleere route to historic double win". Irish Independent.
(28 August 2015). "Fenians to honour JJ". Hogan Stand.
(30 August 2013). "Pat Delaney". Hogan Stand.
(9 July 1993). "Lionhearted Pat Henderson". Hogan Stand.

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